Average Sentence Length for those on Community Supervision on June 30 is 3.9 Years

The majority (65.9%) of those on community supervision on June 30, 2003 were serving sentences of three years or less.

The average sentence length for all those on community supervision on June 30, 2003 was 3.9 years, the same as last year.

Those on parole on June 30, 2003 were serving an average sentence length of 19.9 years while those on pretrial intervention were serving an average of 1.5 years.

Over the past seven years, the average sentence lengths of male and female offenders on community supervision have remained similar. On June 30, 2003, male offenders were serving an average of 4.0 years and women 3.4 years, figures slightly less than those for June 30, 1996 (4.1 and 3.5 years).

Sentence Length
(Supervision Population on June 30, 2003)

Category

Original Sentence

Post-Prison Release

Total

Percent

Cumulative Percent

Probation

Drug Offender Probation

Community Control

Pretrial Intervention

Parole

Conditional Release

Control Release

Other Post-Prison Release

1 Year or Less

12,282

785

794

2,811

66

1,158

26

69

17,991

11.8%

11.8%

GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*

35,513

8,363

3,811

4,803

194

451

14

4

53,153

34.8%

46.6%

GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.

22,371

4,032

2,276

251

226

304

14

2

29,476

19.3%

65.9%

GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.

7,869

1,299

1,600

49

173

273

8

4

11,275

7.4%

73.2%

GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.

15,560

1,327

1,819

45

126

214

8

3

19,102

12.5%

85.7%

GT 5, LE 6 Yrs.

2,552

276

629

8

80

208

8

0

3,761

2.5%

88.2%

GT 6, LE 7 Yrs.

1,597

150

389

1

76

121

4

1

2,339

1.5%

89.7%

GT 7, LE 8 Yrs.

1,134

78

136

1

65

106

3

1

1,524

1.0%

90.7%

GT 8, LE 9 Yrs.

529

27

88

0

70

87

5

1

807

0.5%

91.3%

GT 9, LE 10 Yrs.

5,364

156

303

1

72

37

7

1

5,941

3.9%

95.1%

GT 10, LE 12 Yrs.

1,325

55

212

1

85

55

17

0

1,750

1.1%

96.3%

GT 12, LE 15 Yrs.

2,507

51

153

0

84

51

14

0

2,860

1.9%

98.2%

GT 15, LE 20 Yrs.

928

15

56

0

116

31

8

1

1,155

0.8%

98.9%

GT 20, LE 30 Yrs.

542

9

26

0

88

10

6

1

682

0.4%

99.4%

GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.

66

0

3

0

50

0

0

0

119

0.1%

99.4%

GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.

32

0

1

0

29

0

1

0

63

0.0%

99.5%

GT 50 Yrs.

40

1

4

0

81

2

0

0

128

0.1%

99.6%

Life

139

2

17

0

507

0

0

0

665

0.4%

100.0%

Data Unavailable

136

7

10

20

9

11

0

1

194

TOTAL

110,486

16,633

12,327

7,991

2,197

3,119

143

89

152,985

100.0%

100.0%

Average**

3.9

2.8

3.9

1.5

19.9

3.2

7.2

1.5

3.9

Median

3.0

2.0

3.0

1.5

9.5

1.8

5.1

0.2

2.5

Mode

GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.

GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.

GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.

GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.

Life

1 Year or Less

1 Year or Less

1 Year or Less

GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.

* GT = greater than and LE = less than or equal to
**Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, and life are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages.